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The QC, Vol. 79, No. 21 • March 25, 1993

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QUAKER CAMPUS
i/nliim** iYYlY iSTumh^r- 91 V—~ —«—»*—«>— y March 25. 1993
Volume LXXIX, Number 21
March 25, 1993
Whittier Law School
Receives Low Ranking
by Alec Mackie
QC News Editor
The Whittier School of
Law was recently ranked in
the lowest quartile ofthe US
News and World Report annual Graduate School issue.
However, according to
Cindy Raisch, the associate
dean of the law school, the
school does not look at the
report because it is not an
ABA accredited report, and
is therefore not "appropriate
or accurate."
Raisch said potential
students look at different factors in deciding which institution to attend, making the
US News ranking useless in
the decision-making process.
The fourth annual ranking by US News ranks Yale
as the top law school in the
country followed by Harvard
and Stanford with scores of
94.5 and 92.7 respectively.
Only the top 25 law
schools have a ranking, the
rest of the schools fall into
four quartiles. Quartile four,
the one in which Whittier is
listed, includes schools
ranked 133 through 176, out
of a total of 176 schools
ranked.
The ranking is based on
student selectivity, placement success, faculty resources and the reputation
of each institution according
to the deans and faculty of
each school as well as 3,000
practicing lawyers, hiring
partners and senior judges.
Last year the law school
was also ranked in the fourth
quartile.
The law school also had
the lowest pass rate of ABA-
State Accredited law schools
for students taking the bar
exam.
According to information
from the state bar of California, a total of 164 students
from Whittier took the test,
56.7 percent passed, while
63.1 percentof the 130 Whittier law students who took
the exam for the first time
passed.
UCLA had the highest
pass rate for law schools in
California, with 83.3 percent
of their students passing the
Please see LAWpg. 6
Three Faculty Members
Hired for Next Fall
by Nicole Mastridge
QC Staff Writer
After extensive searches
three new professors were selected recently and will be added
to the college faculty in the fall
of 1993.
Ginette Ishimatsu, who has
a recent doctorate awarded from
the UC Berkeley, has accepted
a one-year apointment in the
religious studeies Department.
The position for Ishimatsu will,
in part, temporarily replace
professor of religion Glenn
Yocum, who will be traveling to
South India with Whittier College students in the fall.
Not only will Ishimatsu be
involved with the Religious
Studies Department, but she
will also be adding to the cur
riculum of the Asian, African
and Latin American Civilizations (AALAC) with new pairs
as well. Ishimatsu will also be
involved with the Freshman
Writing Seminar program.
Paul Kjellberg is currently
completing his doctorate in philosophy at Stanford, concentrating on Eastern Philosophy. He
graduated summa cum laude
from Yale, and will significantly
contribute to Whittier's academic programs. Kjellberg too
will be teaching an AALAC pair
and have involvement in the
Freshman Writing Seminar.
Kjellberg will be in part replacing Michael Praetorius who
has recently been named one of
the new Faculty Masters for
the 1993-94 school year.
Please see FACULTY pg. 6
Twenty-four out of 66 players on this year's football team are on academic probation.
File photo
One-Third of Football Team
Placed on Academic Probation
In order to play in the '93 football
season twenty-four returning players
must raise their grades. Questions arise
about how players are balancing
academics and football.
by Alec Mackie
QC News Editor
More than one-third of the
66-person football team is on
academic probation this year,
head coach Ken Visser confirmed.
Accordingto Visser, 24 players are having academic difficulty. Of those, 12 are on full
academic probation (a semester
GPA between 1.00 and 1.49)
and unless they raise their GPA
to 2.0 or higher, they will be
ineligible for the '93 football season.
The remaining 12 players
are on partial probation, which
means they received a semester
GPA of 1.50 to 1.99. If the players fail to raise their GPA this
semester then they will be put
on full probation next semester,
according to Gerald Adams, the
registrar.
At a player's meeting two
weeks ago, Visser expressed
concern about grades and
stressed that academics had to
come first thissemester, according to junior Dave Mettam, a
football player.
Faculty Athletic Rep-
resentative Charles Adams said
that if there is a major academic
problem at Whittier, the athletic department should goback
and take a look at the program.
However, Adams did point
out that students need to be
responsible for balancing their
time and the school cannot "hold
their hand.
'The College is not going to
change," Adams said. "It is the
players who will have to change
if they are in (academic)
trouble."
Visser pointed out that this
year the amount of time spent
in practice and meetings and at
games is roughly the same as
last year. The variables have
not changed," he said. Yet this
is the first year with this many
players on probation.
He said that many players
on probation are freshmen (who
account for 29 ofthe 66 players)
or transfers.
"I think a lot of people are
well aware of the fact that the
first semester at any college is
usually the toughest," Visser
said. "When you have got 50
Related Story—
■ The QC Editorial
See page 2
people and it is their first semester in college you're gonna
have more academic problems
in number then you've ever
come close to before."
However, a few of the returning players questioned
why some of the recruits were
admitted in the first place, citing low GPAs and SAT scores.
"I feel the school cheats
itself when it lets in sub par
students," Andrew Gustafson,
a sophomore football player,
said.
Junior Jeff Lindstrom, also
a football player, saw a problem with players being admitted only to play football.
"It becomes a beef with me
when friends have to drop out
because they can't academically hack it, especially when
they're brought here only to
play football," he said.
Athletic Director Dave Jacobs said that the athletic department and its coaches have
absolutely no control over the
Office of Admissions or admission committee.
He said that athletes are
recruited as students first. In
order for an athlete to compete
Please see SPORTS pg. 5
What's Inside: A Useful Guide to the Quaker Campus
News
Forte, Trustee
Vice President of Enrollment, Kathryn Forte, chosen
to be trustee to the National
College Board. Pg. 4
Viewpoint
Theme Floors
Students debate the pros and
cons of having theme floors in
Harris Hall for the 1993-94
school year. Pg. 2
Features
Well, no'
Guest columnist Mike Whistler challenges the truthfulness
of recent LSD informational
mailings. Pg.9
A&E
Bach Festival
The Whittier College community joins togetherto celebrate
the music of Johann Sebastian
Bach. Pg. 10
Sports
Lacrosse Wins
The Whittier men's lacrosse team heads to Ojai for a
showdown with No. 19
Middlbury (VT). Pg. 16

QUAKER CAMPUS
i/nliim** iYYlY iSTumh^r- 91 V—~ —«—»*—«>— y March 25. 1993
Volume LXXIX, Number 21
March 25, 1993
Whittier Law School
Receives Low Ranking
by Alec Mackie
QC News Editor
The Whittier School of
Law was recently ranked in
the lowest quartile ofthe US
News and World Report annual Graduate School issue.
However, according to
Cindy Raisch, the associate
dean of the law school, the
school does not look at the
report because it is not an
ABA accredited report, and
is therefore not "appropriate
or accurate."
Raisch said potential
students look at different factors in deciding which institution to attend, making the
US News ranking useless in
the decision-making process.
The fourth annual ranking by US News ranks Yale
as the top law school in the
country followed by Harvard
and Stanford with scores of
94.5 and 92.7 respectively.
Only the top 25 law
schools have a ranking, the
rest of the schools fall into
four quartiles. Quartile four,
the one in which Whittier is
listed, includes schools
ranked 133 through 176, out
of a total of 176 schools
ranked.
The ranking is based on
student selectivity, placement success, faculty resources and the reputation
of each institution according
to the deans and faculty of
each school as well as 3,000
practicing lawyers, hiring
partners and senior judges.
Last year the law school
was also ranked in the fourth
quartile.
The law school also had
the lowest pass rate of ABA-
State Accredited law schools
for students taking the bar
exam.
According to information
from the state bar of California, a total of 164 students
from Whittier took the test,
56.7 percent passed, while
63.1 percentof the 130 Whittier law students who took
the exam for the first time
passed.
UCLA had the highest
pass rate for law schools in
California, with 83.3 percent
of their students passing the
Please see LAWpg. 6
Three Faculty Members
Hired for Next Fall
by Nicole Mastridge
QC Staff Writer
After extensive searches
three new professors were selected recently and will be added
to the college faculty in the fall
of 1993.
Ginette Ishimatsu, who has
a recent doctorate awarded from
the UC Berkeley, has accepted
a one-year apointment in the
religious studeies Department.
The position for Ishimatsu will,
in part, temporarily replace
professor of religion Glenn
Yocum, who will be traveling to
South India with Whittier College students in the fall.
Not only will Ishimatsu be
involved with the Religious
Studies Department, but she
will also be adding to the cur
riculum of the Asian, African
and Latin American Civilizations (AALAC) with new pairs
as well. Ishimatsu will also be
involved with the Freshman
Writing Seminar program.
Paul Kjellberg is currently
completing his doctorate in philosophy at Stanford, concentrating on Eastern Philosophy. He
graduated summa cum laude
from Yale, and will significantly
contribute to Whittier's academic programs. Kjellberg too
will be teaching an AALAC pair
and have involvement in the
Freshman Writing Seminar.
Kjellberg will be in part replacing Michael Praetorius who
has recently been named one of
the new Faculty Masters for
the 1993-94 school year.
Please see FACULTY pg. 6
Twenty-four out of 66 players on this year's football team are on academic probation.
File photo
One-Third of Football Team
Placed on Academic Probation
In order to play in the '93 football
season twenty-four returning players
must raise their grades. Questions arise
about how players are balancing
academics and football.
by Alec Mackie
QC News Editor
More than one-third of the
66-person football team is on
academic probation this year,
head coach Ken Visser confirmed.
Accordingto Visser, 24 players are having academic difficulty. Of those, 12 are on full
academic probation (a semester
GPA between 1.00 and 1.49)
and unless they raise their GPA
to 2.0 or higher, they will be
ineligible for the '93 football season.
The remaining 12 players
are on partial probation, which
means they received a semester
GPA of 1.50 to 1.99. If the players fail to raise their GPA this
semester then they will be put
on full probation next semester,
according to Gerald Adams, the
registrar.
At a player's meeting two
weeks ago, Visser expressed
concern about grades and
stressed that academics had to
come first thissemester, according to junior Dave Mettam, a
football player.
Faculty Athletic Rep-
resentative Charles Adams said
that if there is a major academic
problem at Whittier, the athletic department should goback
and take a look at the program.
However, Adams did point
out that students need to be
responsible for balancing their
time and the school cannot "hold
their hand.
'The College is not going to
change," Adams said. "It is the
players who will have to change
if they are in (academic)
trouble."
Visser pointed out that this
year the amount of time spent
in practice and meetings and at
games is roughly the same as
last year. The variables have
not changed," he said. Yet this
is the first year with this many
players on probation.
He said that many players
on probation are freshmen (who
account for 29 ofthe 66 players)
or transfers.
"I think a lot of people are
well aware of the fact that the
first semester at any college is
usually the toughest," Visser
said. "When you have got 50
Related Story—
■ The QC Editorial
See page 2
people and it is their first semester in college you're gonna
have more academic problems
in number then you've ever
come close to before."
However, a few of the returning players questioned
why some of the recruits were
admitted in the first place, citing low GPAs and SAT scores.
"I feel the school cheats
itself when it lets in sub par
students," Andrew Gustafson,
a sophomore football player,
said.
Junior Jeff Lindstrom, also
a football player, saw a problem with players being admitted only to play football.
"It becomes a beef with me
when friends have to drop out
because they can't academically hack it, especially when
they're brought here only to
play football," he said.
Athletic Director Dave Jacobs said that the athletic department and its coaches have
absolutely no control over the
Office of Admissions or admission committee.
He said that athletes are
recruited as students first. In
order for an athlete to compete
Please see SPORTS pg. 5
What's Inside: A Useful Guide to the Quaker Campus
News
Forte, Trustee
Vice President of Enrollment, Kathryn Forte, chosen
to be trustee to the National
College Board. Pg. 4
Viewpoint
Theme Floors
Students debate the pros and
cons of having theme floors in
Harris Hall for the 1993-94
school year. Pg. 2
Features
Well, no'
Guest columnist Mike Whistler challenges the truthfulness
of recent LSD informational
mailings. Pg.9
A&E
Bach Festival
The Whittier College community joins togetherto celebrate
the music of Johann Sebastian
Bach. Pg. 10
Sports
Lacrosse Wins
The Whittier men's lacrosse team heads to Ojai for a
showdown with No. 19
Middlbury (VT). Pg. 16